A/N: Hello, readers!

I'm back with another Stingue book!

This will be written in first person.

Enjoy!

CHAPTER ONE: A BLACK AND WHITE WORLD

Sting

Have you ever wondered what it was like to live in a world where only 80% of the population could see color from being born with "magic" eyes? They were called the "lucky" ones. However, for the other 20% their world was black and white. That is, until they found their soulmate. I was apart of that 20% of the population.

My name is Sting Eucliffe, and welcome to my black and white world.

I groaned as my alarm clock went off. I turned it off and covered my head with my sheets. "Get up, Eucliffe! You're going to be late to your first class!" My roommate, Natsu shouted.

Natsu Dragneel was my roommate and my best friend. He was once apart of the 20% of the population who couldn't see color. Until he found his soulmate, Lucy Heartfilia. I was truly happy for him. I really was. But apart of me was jealous. He found his soulmate, along with the rest of our friends. All but me.

Both Natsu and I were sophomores at Fiore University. I was majoring in psychology while Natsu was majoring in business. It was actually how he met Lucy. Every time I asked him what it was like to see the world in color, he told me that he couldn't really describe it.

I opened my eyes, greeted by the black and whiteness of my room. I sighed as I removed my covers and got dressed. I got dressed in a v-neck shirt, skinny jeans, and my signature high school track letterman jacket over it.

I grabbed my backpack as I headed into the living room. "Took you long enough." Natsu said. "Your blonde hair is messy. As usual."

"You were rushing me." I replied. "Can we just leave already?"

"Yeah." Natsu replied, grabbing his backpack. He made sure to lock our room before walking down the hallway and out of our dorm building. We ended up meeting with Gray Fullbuster and Juvia. Who were also soulmates. Lucy ended up joining as she took Natsu's hand.

"Ah, what a great day it is today. It's quite beautiful. Isn't it, Sting?" Gray asked me.

"I wouldn't know. It's just boring black and white to me." I replied, trying not to sound too harsh.

Juvia slapped her boyfriend's arm while Natsu and Lucy glared at him. Gray finally realized what he said. "I-I'm sorry, Sting! I completely forgot that you couldn't see color!" He exclaimed.

I sighed. "It's fine, Gray. I've learned to accept that I'll never find my soulmate. And I've accepted my black and white world." I told him.

Natsu, Gray, Juvia, and Lucy all looked at me with the same look. Pity. Which was a look that I absolutely hated. I headed over to the psychology building. Fiore University had signs that were in front of the buildings of which major it was. They understood that some students couldn't see color. So they placed signs. Which I found helpful.

I walked into my first class of the day, social psychology. I walked up to my seat and placed my backpack down as I grabbed my notebook and a pen. Later, my friend Yukino came into class and sat down next to me.

Yukino Agria was one of my best friends. Her world was also black and white. Though, I know what you're thinking. No, we're not soulmates. When your soulmate is nearby, you see a color. When I met Yukino, I still saw black and white, and so did she.

Though, we still continued to be best friends after that. She hopes that she can find her soulmate as well.

"Good morning, Sting." Yukino greeted, grabbing her notebook and a pencil from her bag.

"Morning, Yuki." I greeted back.

Class ended up beginning as I wrote down notes that were important. The bell then rang as I headed out of the classroom. I stood outside as students began leaving as I waited for Yukino. She wasn't that type of person to pack five minutes before class ended. So I always waited for her.

Finally, she came out of the classroom. "Thanks for waiting for me, Sting." She said.

"It's no problem, Yuki. You know I always wait for you." I reminded her.

"Do you have work today?" Yukino asked.

"Yeah, I do." I replied.

I worked at a small cafe in Crocus with Natsu and Gray. It wasn't a huge paying job, but it was something. Though, it was a hard job when all I could see was black and white. We have this famous red velvet cake that customers would get, and when they ordered it, they would just say "Can I get the red cake?"

Natsu has helped me a lot during these times. He placed small signs next to every cake and sweet that was in the cafe. He even placed signs for the coffee and hot chocolate. Maybe that was why I appreciated him.

"Well, I have to head to my next class. See you tomorrow?" Yukino said.

"Yeah. Bye, Yuki." I said, waving goodbye to her.

After classes were over, I headed over to Fiore Cafe. Where I worked. I entered the small cafe and greeted one of the baristas. I took off my jacket and placed my apron and my nametag on as I reentered the cafe and began helping customers with their orders.

The bell chimed, and in walked a male with his long hair tied up in a ponytail and was wearing a nice dress shirt, pants, and dress shoes. A woman wearing a dress was next to him. The male also had red eyes.

"Wait, red eyes?"

I looked down and saw that I could clearly see the red velvet cake. I looked over at Natsu to see that his shirt was red. "Am I seeing things?" I wondered. I pulled Natsu aside. "Hey, Sting what's the big idea?" Natsu complained.

"Natsu, what color is your shirt?" I asked.

"Huh? It's red, why?" Natsu asked.

My eyes widened in shock. "I can see it, Natsu! I can see red!" I informed.

"What? You can see a color?" Natsu exclaimed. "Your soulmate must be around then!"

I couldn't believe this. I finally saw a color. Natsu and I went back into the cafe where the man and the woman were sitting down at a table. I grabbed my notepad and walked over to them.

"Hello, I'm Sting and I'll be your server today. What would you like?" I asked.

"Can I get a coffee and a blueberry muffin please?" The man replied.

"I'll have the same." The woman added.

"All right." I said, writing down the orders and putting 'x2' next to it. "Can I get the names for the orders?"

"Rogue Cheney and Minerva Orland." The man responded.

"I'll have those orders ready for you shortly." I said as I went behind the counter. I began making the two coffees as I placed the lids on them. Then, I grabbed two blueberry muffins.

"Rogue Cheney and Minerva Orland, your orders are ready." I called out. The man that I helped out before walked up to the counter and took the two coffees and muffins.

"Let's go, Minerva. We have work to do." Rogue informed.

I watched as the two of them left the cafe. As they left, so did the color red.

I was back to my black and white world...

A/N: There we go!

There's the first chapter!

Hope you enjoyed!

~Kyle